Stake-pocket for cars.



PATENTED MAR. 28,1905.

.E. I. D'ODDS.

STAKE POCKET FOR CARS. APPLIOATIONII'IIQED FEB. 26, 1904.

INVENTOR j M UNITED STATES Patented March 28, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

STEEL OAR COMPANY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, A

TION OF NEW JERSEY.

CORPORA- STAKE-POCKET FOR CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 785,867, dated March28, 1905.

Application filed February 26, 1904. Serial No. 195,345,

To (1, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Err-IAN I. Donns, of Avalon, Allegheny county,Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Stake-Pocket for Cars, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1 shows in elevation a stake-pocket I0 ofmy invention applied to a car. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on theline II II of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an elevation. Fig, 4 is a modificationshowing the pocket made from cast metal. 7

The purpose of my invention is to provide a stake-pocket of novelconstruction suitable for a stake which will impart great rigidity andfirmness to the'body of the car, the pocket supporting the stake in anefficient 2o manner.

As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the stake is of tapering form and is incross-section a T, having lateral flanges b b and a web 0, the bottomportion of which is tapered to fit the 2 5 pocket 2. This pocket, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2, is applied to the side sill of the car,preferably by bolts 3 3, which pass through lateral flanges 4 of thepocket. The pocket shown in these'figures is made of pressed steel,

and in Fig. 4 it is of cast metal.

The pocket has the lateral bolting-flanges 4 4, above described, and hason its inner face a stake-cavity comprising a recess d for the flange ofthe stake and a downwardlytapering recess 0, extending therefrom at 3 5right angles for the web of the stake. The recess is open at the innerface, being closed by the side of the car when the pocket is attached.The end of the stake is fitted in the T-shaped recess thus afforded andis held 40 therein, if desired, by one or more rivets 5.

The pocket reinforces the side stake and holds it firmly.

Within the scope of my invention as defined in the claims the form ofthe parts may 4 5 be modified, since I claim 1. A stake-pocket for cars,having margi nal securing means and a rearwardly-opening, taper recessof substantially T-section to receive the stake; substantially asdescribed.

2. A pressed, plate-metal stake-pocket for cars, having lateralbolting-flanges and a stake-receiving recess of substantially T-section,the web-receiving portion of said recess 5 5 being narrowed at its lowerend; substantially as described.

3. A stake-pocket for cars having boltingflanges and an interior recessof T form, the web portion of the recess tapering downwardly to receivethe stake substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand February 25, 1904.

ETHAN I. DODDS.

Witnesses GEO. B. BLEMING, II. M. OonwrN.

